C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 225 lbs | Age: 42
Draft: 2001 | Rd. 11, No. 318, Chicago Cubs | American Military Academy HS (Rio Piedras, PR)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 210 187 20 41 9 0 .219 .301 .406 .707
2016 86 78 11 21 4 0 .269 .321 .487 .808
2017 48 42 5 8 3 0 .190 .271 .405 .676
13 Seasons 2,876 2,522 308 619 108 3 .245 .330 .435 .765
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .219 9 0 .707
2016 .269 4 0 .808
2017 .190 3 0 .676
13 Seasons .245 108 3 .765
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 32 875 125 9 7.2 4.3 90.1 108.1 13.4 32.0 .226 .416 .311 .321 .423 42.4 30.0 10.0
2016 33 293 59 5 8.5 5.8 87.9 107.8 13.8 44.1 .298 .496 .345 .362 .464 30.5 24.4 7.0
2017 34 188 33 4 12.1 8.3 90.7 108.1 18.2 39.4 .294 .567 .288 .391 .462 39.4 20.8 8.3
Player 1356 217 18 8.3 5.2 89.6 108.1 14.3 36.4 .254 .458 .316 .341 .440 38.7 27.3 9.0
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 38.4 61.6 26.4 31.2 4.0 34.4 44.0 21.6 20.0 13.6 4.8 14.4 30.4 16.8
2016 39.0 61.0 10.2 44.1 6.8 40.7 32.2 27.1 20.3 10.2 8.5 20.3 22.0 18.6
2017 33.3 66.7 27.3 30.3 9.1 39.4 33.3 27.3 18.2 12.1 3.0 21.2 21.2 24.2
Player 37.8 62.2 22.1 34.6 5.5 36.9 39.2 24.0 19.8 12.4 5.5 17.1 26.7 18.4
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.4 28.8 21.6 24.8 10.4 7.2 4.3
2016 0.0 25.4 22.0 32.2 5.1 8.5 5.8
2017 3.0 24.2 30.3 24.2 6.1 12.1 8.3
Player 1.8 27.2 23.0 26.7 8.3 8.3 5.2
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -2 68 36.2 22 .238 .381 .286 11.8 13.6 20.0 .347 .536 .387 50.0
2017 Slider -0.9 0 38 20.2 11 .200 .500 .264 47.4 36.4 30.8 .289 .584 .352 14.3
2017 Sinker 2.3 1 34 18.1 7 .200 .800 .486 30.0 0.0 0.0 .380 1.292 .678 60.0
2017 Changeup -4.3 -1 23 12.2 5 .000 .000 .140 50.0 40.0 22.2 .052 .060 .178 0.0
2017 Curveball 3.6 1 17 9.0 2 .000 .000 .350 66.7 50.0 20.0 -- -- .350 --
2017 Cutter -2.6 0 7 3.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .044 .044 .045 0.0
2017 Sweeper 4.6 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 533 2,142 3 -11 16 9 17
2009 384 1,485 -16 -7 10 7 -6
2010 383 1,545 6 -3 14 6 23
2011 466 1,856 -10 -11 13 9 0
2012 360 1,394 -7 -15 7 5 -10
2013 184 777 -6 4 6 2 7
2014 87 359 -4 -1 3 1 -1
2015 209 872 -2 -6 6 2 0
2016 86 293 3 -4 2 0 1
2017 48 188 -4 0 1 1 -2
Player 2,740 10,911 -37 -54 78 -37 30
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 875 49.9 57.0 80.2 19.5 43.5 43.0 21.9 38.2 29.0 9.1 68.4
2016 293 58.0 54.7 77.4 29.3 61.1 43.3 26.7 44.0 27.1 8.5 72.0
2017 188 48.9 68.5 77.8 17.7 41.2 36.7 25.0 42.6 30.0 7.4 85.7
Player 1,356 51.5 58.0 79.2 21.0 47.8 42.2 23.5 40.0 28.7 8.7 71.2
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 30.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 61 23
2016 57 32
2017 60 23
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.67 4 4.0 0 1 1 3 75.0
2017 22.76 3 2.0 1 2 1 1 33.3
Player 22.03 7 6.0 1 3 2 4 57.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4
2017 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2
Player 7 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 4 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 8 6 6 6
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's batted balls would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .190 -.079 .269 +.050 .219
xBA .294 -.004 .298 +.072 .226
OBP .271 -.050 .321 +.020 .301
xOBP .366 +.017 .349 +.040 .309
SLG .405 -.082 .487 +.081 .406
xSLG .567 +.071 .496 +.080 .416
ISO .214 -.004 .218 +.031 .187
xISO .274 +.076 .198 +.007 .191
BABIP .167 -.154 .321 +.043 .278
wOBA .288 -.057 .345 +.034 .311
xwOBA .391 +.029 .362 +.041 .321
wOBACON .313 -.122 .435 +.034 .401
xwOBACON .462 -.002 .464 +.041 .423
BACON .242 -.126 .368 +.037 .331
xBACON .381 -.030 .411 +.066 .345
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 39.4 +8.9 30.5 -11.9 42.4
Avg Exit Velocity 90.7 +2.8 87.9 -2.2 90.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 39.4 -4.7 44.1 +12.1 32.0
Barrel % 12.1 +3.6 8.5 +1.3 7.2
Avg Launch Angle 18.2 +4.4 13.8 +0.4 13.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.3 -1.4 92.7 +0.2 92.5
Breaking Velocity 82.7 +0.3 82.4 -0.4 82.8
Offspeed Velocity 81.6 -3.1 84.7 +0.9 83.8
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 -1 5 -4 9
Popup % 9.1 +2.3 6.8 +2.8 4.0
Flyball % 27.3 +17.1 10.2 -16.2 26.4
Line Drive % 30.3 -13.8 44.1 +12.9 31.2
Groundball % 33.3 -5.7 39.0 +0.6 38.4
Pull % 39.4 -1.3 40.7 +6.3 34.4
Straight Away % 33.3 +1.1 32.2 -11.8 44.0
Opposite Field % 27.3 +0.2 27.1 +5.5 21.6
Weak Contact % 3.0 +3.0 0.0 -2.4 2.4
Pull Airball % 21.2 +0.9 20.3 +5.9 14.4
Topped Contact % 24.2 -1.2 25.4 -3.4 28.8
Under Contact % 30.3 +8.3 22.0 +0.4 21.6
Flare/Burner Contact % 24.2 -8.0 32.2 +7.4 24.8
Solid Contact % 6.1 +1.0 5.1 -5.3 10.4
HR/FB % 33.3 -33.4 66.7 +39.4 27.3
Popups 3 -1 4 -1 5
Flyballs 9 +3 6 -27 33
Line Drives 10 -16 26 -13 39
Groundballs 11 -12 23 -25 48
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.9 -9.1 58.0 +8.1 49.9
Out of Zone % 51.1 +9.1 42.0 -8.1 50.1
Edge % 36.7 -6.6 43.3 +0.3 43.0
Zone Swing % 68.5 +13.8 54.7 -2.3 57.0
Out of Zone Swing % 17.7 -11.6 29.3 +9.8 19.5
In Zone Contact % 77.8 +0.4 77.4 -2.8 80.2
Out of Zone Contact % 41.2 -19.9 61.1 +17.6 43.5
Whiff % 30.0 +2.9 27.1 -1.9 29.0
First Strike % 58.3 -6.8 65.1 +4.6 60.5
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 -1.7 26.7 +4.8 21.9
Swing % 42.6 -1.4 44.0 +5.8 38.2
Meatball Swing % 85.7 +13.7 72.0 +3.6 68.4
Meatball % 7.4 -1.1 8.5 -0.6 9.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 22.2 -0.4 22.6 +2.8 19.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 58.8 +19.9 38.9 -17.6 56.5
In Zone 92 -78 170 -265 435
Out of Zone 96 -27 123 -314 437
Edge 69 -58 127 -248 375
In Zone Swings 63 -30 93 -155 248
Out of Zone Swings 17 -19 36 -49 85
In Zone Swing & Misses 14 -7 21 -28 49
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 10 -4 14 -34 48
Basic
Pitches 188 -105 293 -582 875
PA 48 -38 86 -124 210
AB 42 -36 78 -109 187
Hits 8 -13 21 -20 41
Singles 5 -7 12 -12 24
Doubles 0 -5 5 -3 8
Triples 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 3 -1 4 -5 9
Walks 4 -2 6 -15 21
Strikeouts 10 -11 21 -42 63
K% 20.8 -3.6 24.4 -5.6 30.0
BB% 8.3 +1.3 7.0 -3.0 10.0
HBP 1 +1 0 -1 1
Batted Balls 33 -26 59 -66 125
Number of Fastballs 109 -73 182 -372 554
Number of Offspeed 23 -14 37 -53 90
Number of Breaking 55 -19 74 -142 216
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 84 17 20.2 .375 .269
2017 Shifts R 48 1 2.1 .294 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 493 15.0 48.7% 2.8% 323 22.0 3.4% 10.2%
2011 552 14.9 51.6% 1.1% 374 21.1 3.7% 7.5%
2012 419 15.0 49.2% 1.2% 252 21.5 3.2% 5.2%
2013 284 15.2 47.2% 1.8% 129 21.2 2.3% 7.0%
2014 90 13.9 60.0% 0.0% 97 21.6 6.2% 8.2%
2015 295 16.7 34.2% 4.1% 165 22.1 9.1% 13.9%
2016 83 16.0 38.6% 4.8% 55 23.7 9.1% 14.5%
2017 58 17.0 34.5% 0.0% 32 22.0 0.0% 3.1%
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